Wilmcote is six and a half kilometres North of
Stratford-upon-Avon and serves the historic village of the same name which is the site of Mary Arden's Farm (this is advertised on the station name signs).
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| WMR 172 340 arrives with a North bound service |
The original Wilmcote station dates from 1860 and was on the
Hatton-
Stratford Line with just a single platform. The current station dates from 1908 when the line from
Birmingham to
Stratford (and through to
Cheltenham Spa) was upgraded and doubled by the Great Western Railway [1].
| Information |
| Type: |
National Rail (Shakespeare Line) |
| Station code: |
WMC |
| Opened: |
1860 |
| Platforms: |
2 |
Wilmcote station is just South of
Bearley Junction where the Shakespeare Line (as the line is now known) is joined by a line from
Leamington Spa. Wilmcote is managed and served by West Midlands Railway and also served by Chiltern Railways, some of whose services go through to
London Marylebone.
Wilmcote is an unmanned station these days though retains its original GWR built station buildings however neither are open to the public. Access between the platforms is via a GWR footbridge.
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| View down the platform looking North |
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| New signage |
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| GWR footbridge |
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| View South |
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| Station sign |
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham (Middleton Press, 2006) p. 37
